Education

About 300 students from 10 secondary schools in the northern province of Bac Ninh joined the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Festival 2023 which was organised in Tu Son city on November 15 by the provincial Department of Education and Training and Kenan Foundation Asia (Kenan).

Vietnam is the US’s fifth largest source of foreign students, with 21,900 during the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the US Embassy in Vietnam, citing the Open Doors 2023 report.

President Vo Van Thuong on November 13 visited and offered congratulations to lecturers of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (HCMUSSH) under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) on the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20).

The Vietnam Physics Association (VPA) held a ceremony at the Hanoi National University of Education on November 6 to celebrate the first Vietnam Physics Day (November 6).

The Hanoi Open University held a ceremony on November 1 to celebrate its 30th founding anniversary (1993-2023) and receive the Labour Order, first class, and the Government’s emulation flag.

Phan Thi Thanh Tam, spouse of President Vo Van Thuong, and Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj, spouse of Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, visited Chu Van An Primary School in Hanoi on November 1.

Around 40,000 Vietnamese people go abroad to study each year, a 2.5-fold increase compared to the figure before 2013, Pham Quang Hung, Director of the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET)’s International Cooperation Department, announced on October 31.

With the latest recognition, the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi) now has eight subjects listed on Times Higher Education’s rankings.

A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communication and Education, held a working session with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University-Hanoi) on October 19.

The Vietnamese Student Association in Hong Kong (China) (VSAHK) has organised a Vietnamese Student Festival for the first time, aiming to strengthen connection among Vietnamese students in Hong Kong as well as provide multi-dimensional views on job opportunities and graduate studies.

The Vietnamese student team has won the gold medal at the world robotics competition (FIRST Global Challenge – FGC 2023).

Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son on October 11 highly valued Japan’s educational development, and suggested the country share its experience with Vietnam to step up bilateral cooperation in this field.

The Hanoi Municipal Party Committee, the municipal People's Council, the municipal People's Committee, and the Hanoi Youth Union coordinated to organise a ceremony in Hanoi on October 10 to honour outstanding valedictorians from universities and institutes based in the capital in 2023.

The Hanoi Youth Union organised a ceremony at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on October 9 to honour 96 outstanding valedictorians from universities and institutes based in the capital in 2023.

Hanoi students won two gold and one silver medals at the International Applied Chemistry Olympiad (IAChO), which was held in Bandung, Indonesia from September 28 to October 1.

The University of Transport and Communications in Ho Chi Minh City (UTH) and the Deo Ca Group held a ceremony on September 30 to announce the establishment of the Deo Ca Research and Training Institute (DCI).

The training and development of human resources for Vietnam's health sector was among the focal issues on discussion at the conference "Urgent cooperation issues between Russia and Asian countries in the field of education and health" on October 3.

Training facilities and research institutes of Ho Chi Minh City hope to strengthen cooperation with Osaka Metropolitan University of Japan in technology research and transfer, and improving the quality of human resources, especially in healthcare, digitalisation and supporting technology, said Duong Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee.

Six Vietnamese universities have been listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 (THE WUR 2024) which include nearly 1,904 universities across 108 countries and territories.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed Decision No. 1117/QD-TTg approving a programme to develop open educational resources for higher education.

President Vo Van Thuong on September 26 sent a letter extending his best wishes to Vietnamese children inside and outside the country as well as foreign children living in Vietnam on the occasion of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival 2023.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision approving the programme to build open educational resources (OER) in tertiary education institutions.

The People's Police Academy held a ceremony on September 12 to open the new 2023 – 2024 academic year.

Education has been one of the most prominent areas of cooperation between Vietnam and the US, with both sides designing many policies to strengthen bilateral partnership in this field based on the shared view that education is the foundation of national development.

The Interim Executive Committee and Advisory Board of the Vietnamese Students Association in Ireland have officially been launched in Dublin.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha had a working session on September 6 with leaders of the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) and the Vietnam National University Hanoi (VNU).

The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane held a ceremony on September 6 to start the 2023-2024 school year.

The Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities of the Central Highlands of Gia Lai should fully implement the State's policies for students, to constantly take care of the material and spiritual lives of students.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on September 5 attended a ceremony to welcome the new school year at the Vietnam-Laos Friendship High School in Hanoi’s suburban district of Phuc Tho.

National Assembly Chairwoman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the 2023-2024 new school year opening ceremony at Huu Nghi (Friendship) T78 School in Tho Loc commune, Phuc Tho district, Hanoi.